Paper short abstract:

AI is an explosive, exciting, interactive and emerging technology. The opportunities are endless for those trained in artificial intelligence and its subareas such as deep learning and machine learning, drones, robots, driverless vehicles, big data and related AI technologies.

Paper long abstract:

AI is an explosive, exciting, interactive and emerging technology that drives robotics, drones, driverless vehicles, big data and other technologies. It demands attention from professional of all fields due to its potential to displace or elevate workforce based on their low skilled or high skilled respectively. The opportunities are endless for those trained in artificial intelligence and its subareas such as deep learning and machine learning, drones, robots, driverless vehicles, big data and related AI technologies. Librarians with skills in these areas will enjoy tremendous wealth-building, financially lucrative opportunities whereas those who will be displaced will have tremendous challenge to find employment at the levels that they enjoyed in the past. This study investigates those skills that equips academics librarians to function effectively in AI age Questionnaire will be sent through Google Form to collect data from the academic librarians across the six geo-political Zone of the country. The data collected will be analyzed using SPSS software.